SECURITY

LOW-EARTH ORBIT FACES A SPIRALING DEBRIS THREAT
BY: ANELI BONGERS & JOSÉ L. TORRES ... Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and other spacecraft … continue reading

RADIOACTIVE CHERNOBYL IS A WILDLIFE HAVEN AFTER 38 YEARS OF NUCLEAR DISASTER
BY: MARIA MOCERINO ... The landscape today is brimming with wildlife, something which ecologists didn’t expect … continue reading

US RESEARCHERS DEVELOP 'UNHACKABLE' COMPUTER CHIP THAT WORKS ON LIGHT
BY: AMEYA PALEJA ... Computations can be performed at light speed in this chip which is ready for deployment for building AI models immediatel … continue reading

KERALA: INDIA TOWN OUT ON STREETS OVER ELEPHANT ATTACKS
BY: ASHRAF PADANNA ... "I'm afraid the elephant that killed my father could come back to attack again," says 13-year-old Alna Joseph … continue reading

I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS’: JAPAN SAYS REASON BEHIND 1,200 TONNES OF FISH WASHING ASHORE IS UNKNOWN
BY: JUSTIN MCCURRY ... Officials in Japan have admitted they are struggling to determine why hundreds of tonnes of fish have washed ashore in recent days … continue reading

WE ARE FACING A DEMOGRAPHIC COLLAPSE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
BY: MICHAEL SYNDER ... Birth rates have plummeted to record lows all over the industrialized world, and this has very serious implications for our future. If something is not done … continue reading

CHINA DEVELOPS 'WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL' HYPERSONIC ENGINE THAT COULD REACH MACH 16
BY: CHRISTOPHER MCFADDEN ... Chinese engineers claimed to have created a "revolutionary" dual-mode rotating detonating and straight-line oblique detonation engine setup … continue reading

HERE’S WHAT 6 EXPERTS THINK WILL HAPPEN IN THE TECH WORLD IN 2024
BY:CHRIS STOKEL-WALKER ... From the AI revolution to the fight for social media supremacy, there are plenty of uncertainties as we look ahead toward 2024 … continue reading

AMERICA’S UNIVERSITIES REAP WHAT THEY HAVE SOWN
BY: ROB SCHWARZWALDER ... America’s elite institutions are shuddering from the impact of the outbursts of anti-Semitism on their campuses. Their spasms of panic … continue reading

REMAINS OF AT LEAST 189 PEOPLE REMOVED FROM COLORADO FUNERAL HOME, UP FROM 115
BY: JESSE BEDAYN & MATTHEW BROWN ... DENVER (AP) — The remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home, up from an initial estimate of about 115 … continue reading

IN A WORLD OF INFINITE AI, THE NEW LUXURY ITEM WILL BE HUMANS
BY: ALISTAIR BARR ... Live experiences are the new luxury good," Kevin Hartz said in 2013 when Eventbrite , the ticketing startup he cofounded, got a big new funding round … continue reading

DEEP FAKES: HOW ARTIFICIALLY GENERATED IMAGES GIVE THEMSELVES AWAY
BY: RUHR-UNIVERSITAET-BOCHUM ... TAll it takes is a simple text command: in no time at all, artificial intelligence can generate … continue reading

EARTH’S ORBIT IS ABOUT TO GET MORE CROWDED
BY: SARAH SCOLES ... The military is launching a fleet of small, interconnected satellites to collect data, track missiles, and aim weapons … continue reading

HACKERS FROM IRAN TO UKRAINE HAD A BUSY WEEK
BY: ASHWIN RODRIGUES ... TV broadcast of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was interrupted for a few seconds by an unsanctioned message showing crosshairs … continue reading

10 SERIAL KILLERS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN CAUGHT
BY: NICK STEINBERG ... American culture has a particular fascination with serial killers, to the point where they have been elevated to the level … continue reading